[ale] Recommendations on inexpensive handheld

Thompson Freeman tfreeman at intel.digichem.net
Sat Oct 6 08:26:29 EDT 2007


On 10/06/2007 01:58:30 AM, Joshua Kite wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone here could point me to an
> inexpensive wifi-enabled
> handheld device.  Of course, I'd prefer that it be able to
> run linux, but my
> most important need is that it can run either Firefox or a
> recent version of
> Opera.  I want to be able to control the music in my
> house, and the webpage
> which I'm using (pitchfork <http://pitchfork.remiss.org/>
> which controls
> mpd) requires a DOM2 compliant browser.  I'm only going to
> use this as a
> remote, so any other applications would probably remain
> unused or removed.
> 
<<snip>>

Could be overkill for your use, but look for a Nokia 770.  
Well, I could be stomping on the inexpensive aspect also,  
but it is linux, wifi-enabled, runs Opera.



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